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OneLegUpAlex Welcomes NFLPlaymakerz Aka Ben Rodriguez Who Had One Leg Up At the 2025 NFL Draft · OneLegUpAlex Media

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  Speaker 1: Here's your host, Alex Garren. All right, well, on the
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  Speaker 1: One look Up Network about a week ago, we were
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  Speaker 1: all invested in what the draft was going on, and
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  Speaker 1: someone actually did invest in the draft so much so
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  Speaker 1: they were at the draft and listening on My line
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  Speaker 1: is NFL Playmakers with a Z. Benjamin Rodriguez. Ben, thanks
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  Speaker 1: for finally driving this podcast while we're getting around to
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  Speaker 1: do this tonight.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you for having me. Man, I'm so happy to
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  Speaker 2: be here.
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  Speaker 1: All right, So tell everybody in the world who's waiting
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  Speaker 1: for this answer, how did you get to the NFL Draft?
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  Speaker 1: Tell us.
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  Speaker 2: So, as soon as I got the notification from actually
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  Speaker 2: the NFL APP I mean, I'm just like connected to
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  Speaker 2: their newsletters, I got an email saying that the draft
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  Speaker 2: was free to go to, and as an aspiring journalist myself,
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  Speaker 2: I knew that just the possibility of just going to
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  Speaker 2: the draft. It was just something that I've been waiting
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  Speaker 2: for my whole entire life. And honestly, like if it
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  Speaker 2: was in any other city to like, for example, if
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  Speaker 2: the draft was in like California, I literally would not
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  Speaker 2: be able to go just because of my financials, like
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  Speaker 2: a couple months ago. I'll just I'll give my story
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  Speaker 2: a little quick. A couple months ago, I was actually
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  Speaker 2: an auto mechanic. I worked on cars. I worked at
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  Speaker 2: GMC dealership, and I was pretty good at what I did.
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  Speaker 2: But I quickly realized that it was my passion and
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  Speaker 2: not really my dream. But as far as the NFL
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  Speaker 2: Draft goes, that was my dream, I feel like my
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  Speaker 2: entire life. So I bought my plane ticket as soon
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  Speaker 2: as I could, and I raced my way to Green Bay, Wisconsin,
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  Speaker 2: and to kill two birds with one stone too, to
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  Speaker 2: just visit Lambeau and also experience the NFL Draft the
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  Speaker 2: way that I did. Me and Adam b Sports, that
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  Speaker 2: trip was just life changing, man. So I'll start it
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  Speaker 2: off with just that. I just I saw the notification
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  Speaker 2: from the NFL that it was just free to go to.
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  Speaker 2: We didn't have any media passes, we didn't have any
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  Speaker 2: of the fancy things that you know that these professionals have,
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  Speaker 2: but we took the initiative to head to the NFL Draft.
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  Speaker 1: And so that's see. I wish I saw that newsletter
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  Speaker 1: because I would have considered it. But then again, the
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  Speaker 1: travel and everything I mean, you took, you invested in
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  Speaker 1: that which I'm proud of for because you took it. Now,
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  Speaker 1: what content did you get? I mean, what can we
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  Speaker 1: find out from NFL playmakers? What'd you get?
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  Speaker 2: Yes? So so, me and Adam b Sports were in
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  Speaker 2: the very front row as far as you could possibly
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  Speaker 2: be as a spectator. We had two hundred people, We
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  Speaker 2: had two hundred thousand people standing right behind us. And
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  Speaker 2: the content that we made was we mostly got most
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  Speaker 2: of the first round draft picks their videos of them,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I mean, especially Matthew Golden. I mean, oh
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  Speaker 2: my goodness, that was just a magical moment and we'll
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  Speaker 2: definitely be posting that soon. But just being around everybody
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  Speaker 2: and just the love, especially from Green Bay fans and
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  Speaker 2: the people of Title Town. I mean we recorded with
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  Speaker 2: the content that me and Adam made on that trip,
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  Speaker 2: it was just unexplainable.
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  Speaker 1: I feel like, well, now we'll talk about the way
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  Speaker 1: it was set up, because it looked like those it
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  Speaker 1: was outside of Lambeau, but inside there were spectators. How
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  Speaker 1: did that work out?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, so so so. First off, so the way they
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  Speaker 2: had the draft set up, right, So you go inside Lambeau,
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  Speaker 2: you walk inside one of their Draft experience entrances, and
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  Speaker 2: from there there were a lot of booths, like there
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  Speaker 2: was a Crown Royal booth, there was a tops not top, sorry,
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  Speaker 2: a Panini booth. There was you know, the Super Bowl
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  Speaker 2: ring section, and then also the Lombardi Trophy, which was
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  Speaker 2: very amazing to see. And then you walk past all
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  Speaker 2: of that, you walk past all of Lambeau and at
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  Speaker 2: the very edge of Lambeau Stadium basically is the actual
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  Speaker 2: draft stage and they allowed as many people as could
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  Speaker 2: possibly fit in between Lambeau and then the Draft stage
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  Speaker 2: gate that they had, and then after that was you know,
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  Speaker 2: the green room and everything you know affiliated with the
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  Speaker 2: NFL itself, So you know, it was it was cool,
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  Speaker 2: but and it was a little it was a little
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  Speaker 2: funny too, because you know, you hear the draft chime
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  Speaker 2: on TV, but then like when once you're there, man,
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  Speaker 2: it's like.
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  Speaker 1: I'm getting about that in person in the row of Yeah, man, notheless,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and I know there were a lot of
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  Speaker 1: special moments of the walkouts of these guys And now
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  Speaker 1: are you a Giants Jet fan? Who?
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  Speaker 2: So? So, I've been a New York Jet fan my
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  Speaker 2: entire life. I've been bored into it. I had the
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  Speaker 2: pleasure of meeting justin fields even recently. So I'm a
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  Speaker 2: diehard Jets guy. So even you know, watching memboo the
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  Speaker 2: Membu pick live, especially after me talking about Membo how
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  Speaker 2: he would help our offense all off season, that was
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  Speaker 2: that was just that was just super hype for me.
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  Speaker 1: You know. And they've had these ways of making tear
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  Speaker 1: jerky moments before even the pick was made. Exactly did
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  Speaker 1: anybody strike you as Wow, this story is incredible, and
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  Speaker 1: now they get to.
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  Speaker 2: Call the draft out Travis Hunter. Man, I mean before
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  Speaker 2: he way before his name was even called, Like this
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  Speaker 2: had to be like maybe an hour and a half,
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  Speaker 2: two hours before this even started, because remember me and
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  Speaker 2: Adam were staying there for about we got there at
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  Speaker 2: eleven am. We got home at the hotel at about
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  Speaker 2: one thirty am. But going back to Travis Hunter, here,
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  Speaker 2: he was just dancing and dancing all stage, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: the crowd was already vibing a little bit to the music.
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  Speaker 2: But once Travis came out in his bright pink suit
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  Speaker 2: and just started like stealing the show, I was like, man,
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  Speaker 2: I can't wait to watch this guy play like he
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  Speaker 2: was just gonna be.
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  Speaker 1: At that moment because obviously ever Betty was kind of
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  Speaker 1: getting the notification. Hey we were draft yea down here
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  Speaker 1: and then Jackie wrote, pray up.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: You know, social media so different because we used to
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  Speaker 1: just watch the drafts. Kids there, Okay, here's the pick.
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  Speaker 1: No one knew about the behind the scenes stuff. Now
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  Speaker 1: we'll get on our phone. So what was the energy
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  Speaker 1: like leading up to that when they officially announced? But
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  Speaker 1: did people know by then? Okay, the Jacksonville they yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. So it was funny because you know, since me
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  Speaker 2: and Adam got there so early, you know, we kind
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  Speaker 2: of hung out with that kind of crowd all day.
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  Speaker 2: So we made a pack to just not spoil any picks.
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  Speaker 2: You know, some guy was joking, if you spoil a pick,
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  Speaker 2: you're getting beat up. But I mean it seemed to
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  Speaker 2: work because you know, as a as a pack that
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  Speaker 2: these fans right in the front, I mean, we were
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  Speaker 2: all there for the same goal. It was all just
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  Speaker 2: a collective just dream to be there and a dream experience.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, I mentioned my article also that you know,
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  Speaker 2: like it was funny because you wait all this time
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  Speaker 2: for the draft to start. But I was telling Adam
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  Speaker 2: all day, like, you know, even the fact that we're
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  Speaker 2: just here. It's just a spectacle seeing lambeau Field, like
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  Speaker 2: all the people of Green Bay. It's like you always
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  Speaker 2: hear things about that, but experiencing that was just something else,
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  Speaker 2: you know, the other thing.
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  Speaker 1: I know about it. And maybe I didn't watch every
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  Speaker 1: pick and enough to see this. Yeah, normally every draft
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  Speaker 1: has some booze. I didn't see any booze.
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  Speaker 2: So I would say that it would not be true,
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  Speaker 2: especially for the Bears fans. The Green Bay Packer fans
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  Speaker 2: would not let the Bears fans. Yeah, they they were
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  Speaker 2: pretty rough with the Bears fans, but you know, not
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  Speaker 2: gonna lie like that first night I went to Green Bay,
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  Speaker 2: like the Bear still sucks. Chance were ringing in my ears.
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  Speaker 2: I had enough of it because you know, I feel like,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know, Bears fans are nice.
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  Speaker 1: But when Matthews came out, though, I mean, Lambeau was rock.
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  Speaker 2: And oh yeah, nah that was hype. Yeah no it was.
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  Speaker 2: And it was completely out of nowhere too, Like you know,
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  Speaker 2: first you hear Donald Trump, the crowd goes silent, and
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  Speaker 2: it's like that's an elite level patrol, like playing Matthews
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  Speaker 2: did his thing, especially seth Rawlins. Seth was amazing man
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  Speaker 2: that that was probably my favorite pick of the entire
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  Speaker 2: of the year of that day.
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  Speaker 1: But yeah, all right, as an Irish fan, I was
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  Speaker 1: happy to see Riley get picked as well. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: you gotta love that. But then he picks to you
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  Speaker 1: that surprised you a little bit.
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  Speaker 2: Mm let me think about this. I really like what
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  Speaker 2: the Ravens did when they drafted Mike Green and Malachi Starks.
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  Speaker 2: That was amazing to get both of them. As far
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  Speaker 2: as a pick that surprised me, well, I'm gonna give
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  Speaker 2: props to Adam be Sports because he called Colston Loveland
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  Speaker 2: going before Tyler Warren and it did. It didn't surprise
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  Speaker 2: me necessarily that he went before Tyler Warren, but I
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  Speaker 2: feel like the whole kind of Tyler Warren I guess
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  Speaker 2: sweepstakes kind of surprised me in terms of how far
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  Speaker 2: Tyler Warren maybe it fell. I mean, if the pick
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  Speaker 2: wasn't membu for my jets, I would have loved to
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  Speaker 2: have Tyler Warren as a tight end, but the Warren
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  Speaker 2: would have been very nice. But we very much will
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  Speaker 2: gladly take Mason Taylor in the second round. I also
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  Speaker 2: called that pick that was a pick that I was
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  Speaker 2: looking at for months, and just to have that Jet heritage,
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  Speaker 2: you know, obviously from his father, it was just amazing.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm very happy with those two.
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  Speaker 1: I want to rewind though, because you said you're a
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  Speaker 1: Jet fan your whole life, So are you one to
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  Speaker 1: they go to Flora Park and be at the training
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  Speaker 1: camp right as it starts or what?
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  Speaker 2: Yes? So I believe the training the rookie mandatory training
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  Speaker 2: camp starts this month. I believe. So, I mean my
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  Speaker 2: plan is to hopefully sign up for something like that
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  Speaker 2: and try to get some coverage. But I mean, as
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  Speaker 2: far as my entire goal and all this, not just
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  Speaker 2: as a journalist, I believe player's mental health awareness needs
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  Speaker 2: to be talked about more, and I believe I have
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  Speaker 2: very very great ideas with that. But in terms of
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  Speaker 2: like going to Florham Park and stuff, I may have
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  Speaker 2: attempted to, you know, speak to some Jets people, but
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  Speaker 2: and I have spoken to the communications directory over there.
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  Speaker 1: But because the Rogers thing was such a circus, did
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  Speaker 1: you feel that circus energy at Flora last year?
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  Speaker 2: Not even just that Flora Man. I watched Aaron Rodgers
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  Speaker 2: go down with my very two own eyes that day,
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  Speaker 2: I was at that game. I was at the game,
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  Speaker 2: and when Aaron went down after those four plays, you
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  Speaker 2: could hear a pin drop in that stadium. You could
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  Speaker 2: hear a pin drop. But yeah, I've been I've been
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  Speaker 2: to many good Jet games, like some important ones. But yeah, man,
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  Speaker 2: like that that was that was also just a day
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  Speaker 2: to remember.
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  Speaker 1: But that was that was such And how old are you?
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  Speaker 2: By the way, I'm twenty years old. I turned twenty
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  Speaker 2: one in October, So you weren't really even rather the
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  Speaker 2: crebette Wayne Martin, you know, check yep, so I so
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  Speaker 2: I would so I would say to so as far
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  Speaker 2: as how long I've been a Jets fan, I would say,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I can't really say that I've watched Mark
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  Speaker 2: Sanchez really in that era because I was maybe like
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  Speaker 2: nine years old. So I would say maybe around the
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  Speaker 2: Geno Smith's rookie year. That's when I actually started to
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  Speaker 2: pay attention and watch football. So ever since then, since
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  Speaker 2: twenty thirteen, you know, it's just been rough. But I'm
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  Speaker 2: so happy for Justin Fields to get Gary Wilson back
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  Speaker 2: and vice versa, like I can't wait watched I can't
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  Speaker 2: wait to watch them play together.
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  Speaker 1: As I've watched the game. I've noticed systems matter, right,
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  Speaker 1: and I just don't feel like the Bears were the
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  Speaker 1: right system for Justin. Yeah, go now and see him
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  Speaker 1: play with Wilson and they have a good backfield. Look, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: he's got the backfield. You know, Police is gonna light
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  Speaker 1: it up again this year. I think the chances are
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  Speaker 1: pretty good. And I would say yeah, yet because we
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  Speaker 1: got to see them all jail.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's everybody's first time in this. Everybody has to
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  Speaker 2: remember that it's not going to take one season. But
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  Speaker 2: if it does, you know, good. If it doesn't, then
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  Speaker 2: we just go on to the next still bills that.
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  Speaker 2: But like, I'm very very happy what Aaron Glenn and
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  Speaker 2: Daron Mugi are doing so far. I thought they killed it.
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  Speaker 2: Considering as their first draft ever. Even helped from the
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  Speaker 2: thirty third team as well. That was just amazing to see.
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  Speaker 1: All Right, Aaron Glenn, Now you're a guy that leaves
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  Speaker 1: Detroit and comes here. I mean what a staff that
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  Speaker 1: Campbell had. Does that be confidence that he could lead
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  Speaker 1: the team? Glenn?
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  Speaker 2: It gives me full confidence because something that I missed
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  Speaker 2: from the older Jet teams. You know, like I said,
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  Speaker 2: I wasn't you know, as I was a lot younger,
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  Speaker 2: but you always heard about Bill Parcells and you know,
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  Speaker 2: obviously the Rex Ryan ways of just bad mouth football,
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  Speaker 2: hit the guy in front of you and just And
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  Speaker 2: that's why I love the Membu pick too, because you
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  Speaker 2: watch his tape and he's blocking guys after the play,
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  Speaker 2: like he's putting guys on the ground after the whistle's blown.
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  Speaker 2: And Aaron Glenn knew exactly what he's doing when he
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  Speaker 2: made that pick. But Aaron Glenn, he said, he wants
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  Speaker 2: fast guys, he wants hungry guys. And I just love
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  Speaker 2: what they're doing so far. I just we're gonna see
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  Speaker 2: some old Jets football this year.
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  Speaker 1: You know, they were firing Sala at a time where
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  Speaker 1: it just didn't make sense for the firing.
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  Speaker 2: Would you say that, Yeah, I would completely agree. I
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  Speaker 2: would have not had fired Sala in the middle of
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  Speaker 2: the season. I thought that was disastro full.
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  Speaker 1: Because they were almost on the cusp of something there,
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  Speaker 1: you know.
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  Speaker 2: Like it was yeah, yeah, I mean even you know,
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  Speaker 2: even if you do want to fire a head coach,
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  Speaker 2: you don't do it mid season, you know, like.
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  Speaker 1: And now Olbrick is involved with this thing with the
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  Speaker 1: draft now I were there to watch that unfold. I mean, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: that was buzzing through the draft on that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely, yeah, man, I mean as a former not
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  Speaker 2: as a former Jets fan, but him being a former
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  Speaker 2: Jets head coach. I mean I defended Olbrick. I mean obviously,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you can't do two jobs at once. You
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  Speaker 2: can't be a head coach and a defensive coordinator. It's
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  Speaker 2: almost impossible. But I mean when I saw that, it
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  Speaker 2: just kind of rubbed me the wrong way, even as
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  Speaker 2: a Jets fan. He's not even affiliated with our you know,
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  Speaker 2: franchise per se, but you know, I just feel like
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  Speaker 2: that Jets are just always involved in something, so even
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  Speaker 2: just seeing that it was just kind of a sucker punch.
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  Speaker 2: I feel like a little bit. And I don't know
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  Speaker 2: if any other Jets fans agree with me, you know,
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  Speaker 2: even though he's Atlanta Falcons employee now, but I mean
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  Speaker 2: the NFL shirts thoughts, so they find him.
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  Speaker 1: So I mean, look, I just think it was just
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  Speaker 1: it's unbelievable that he was affiliate with the Jets just
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  Speaker 1: last year and now this happened. Yeah, but let's go
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  Speaker 1: to shador. Okay, the waiting around for him to be drafted.
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  Speaker 1: How to be a talking point the whole draft, wasn't it?
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  Speaker 2: For sure? Yeah? No, it definitely was. I mean as
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  Speaker 2: far as Shador.
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  Speaker 1: We see on TV, But what was it like at Lambo?
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  Speaker 2: So at Lambo, I mean, I don't know, you would
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  Speaker 2: hear the you know, occasional hate comment here and there,
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  Speaker 2: just like people were just over talking just about Shador
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  Speaker 2: and just the unnecessariness with that. But I mean I
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  Speaker 2: even ran so fast forward to when Chador gets drafted
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  Speaker 2: the day of right, Actually, let's fast forward a little
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  Speaker 2: bit before that. So the second round, the Browns pick
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  Speaker 2: up Dylan Gabriel, and me and Adam are looking at
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  Speaker 2: each other and we were saying, what just happened? We
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  Speaker 2: thought that was going to be the pick the first time.
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  Speaker 2: So we say, okay, Dylan Gabriel, Okay, all right, And
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  Speaker 2: so the next day goes and then Adam still says
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  Speaker 2: the Browns could still pick Shador, and I'm like, hmm,
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  Speaker 2: that would not make any sense. But that's where he
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  Speaker 2: should have gone in the first place. Okay. So but
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  Speaker 2: we fast forward here and as me and Adam are
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  Speaker 2: walking home on the night of round two, so Shador
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  Speaker 2: still hasn't gotten drafted yet. Me and him look at
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  Speaker 2: each other and we say, didn't Johnny Manziel party a lot?
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  Speaker 2: Didn't Johnny Manziel trash talk a lot? Oh? And guess what?
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  Speaker 2: Guess what picked john Monzel's picked that the first round
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  Speaker 2: pick fifteen. I believe that's right. So and it's so
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  Speaker 2: funny because the very next day, I mean, Adam made
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  Speaker 2: a video about that at three am, you know, just runtling,
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  Speaker 2: you know, because that's how that's how upset we were.
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  Speaker 2: The next day rolls around and and and it was
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  Speaker 2: just so amazing to see. But like you finally get
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  Speaker 2: Shador finally gets the call, he finally gets drafted by
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  Speaker 2: the Browns. But when I see, like what team picked them,
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  Speaker 2: I was like, there's no way, there's no way. I
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  Speaker 2: just made a video about Johnny Manzel the night before,
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  Speaker 2: and then Shador gets drafted by the Browns. Not only that,
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  Speaker 2: but when Kevin Stefanski calls Shador, he says, the Lord
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  Speaker 2: works in mysterious ways, and I'll leave it at that.
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  Speaker 1: Wow. Well, you know, I think the the Browns seemed
• 15:53
  Speaker 1: to want to be helping out player character. I mean,
• 15:57
  Speaker 1: look what they have right now, it's just it just
• 15:59
  Speaker 1: seems like, I don't know, we'll see. I mean, now
• 16:03
  Speaker 1: they've got five, is that right?
• 16:05
  Speaker 2: Yeah, they got five qbs Joe Flacco, Dylan Gabriel, Deshaun Watson,
• 16:09
  Speaker 2: Shador Sanders, and am forgetting anybody any Pickett can he
• 16:13
  Speaker 2: Pickett and Keny Pickett said he was not there to
• 16:16
  Speaker 2: just hang out. But I mean, we'll see.
• 16:19
  Speaker 1: Well, I don't know, I don't know. And the Giants
• 16:21
  Speaker 1: have this not a similar thing because they've got three,
• 16:24
  Speaker 1: but it is interesting they did go QB. And I think,
• 16:28
  Speaker 1: as I've been saying, MetLife will be Jackson right, Jacksontown
• 16:31
  Speaker 1: pretty soon.
• 16:32
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 16:33
  Speaker 1: Winston and Russell don't work out, but you know, I
• 16:35
  Speaker 1: think Russell's gonna lead them. I've got I've got some
• 16:38
  Speaker 1: hopes for him this year.
• 16:39
  Speaker 2: So yeah, No, I definitely love the the Jamis Winston
• 16:42
  Speaker 2: and Russ editions. Those are just two just great guys
• 16:44
  Speaker 2: in general.
• 16:45
  Speaker 1: All right, I want to ask you about a long
• 16:47
  Speaker 1: standing tradition of the draft. But now you're singing in
• 16:49
  Speaker 1: person a week ago, Roger Goodell, everything gets food. Were
• 16:53
  Speaker 1: you laughing where you're like, oh my god, this is
• 16:55
  Speaker 1: really happening.
• 16:56
  Speaker 2: Yeah, So I mean we kept it cordial, you know,
• 16:59
  Speaker 2: I mean we had you know, there was a military president,
• 17:02
  Speaker 2: not president, but via zoom for I believe it was
• 17:04
  Speaker 2: a forty nine ers pick when they picked Michael Williams.
• 17:08
  Speaker 2: But the booze were allowed. The booz started since eleven am,
• 17:12
  Speaker 2: So that was something to see. I mean, I didn't
• 17:15
  Speaker 2: necessarily boove the loudest because you know, maybe I won't
• 17:18
  Speaker 2: want a job from him one day. But but you know, all.
• 17:22
  Speaker 1: Right, so you're sitting here, sitting here at the draft stage.
• 17:24
  Speaker 1: The green room was just a couple of feet away.
• 17:27
  Speaker 2: Yeah, the green room was Nona.
• 17:32
  Speaker 1: No.
• 17:32
  Speaker 2: But the Draft is in Pittsburgh next year, and as
• 17:35
  Speaker 2: a New Jersey native, that is definitely something I'm gonna
• 17:37
  Speaker 2: shoot for to get media credentials for that event and
• 17:40
  Speaker 2: hopefully help their media team over there.
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: I was just there, are you starting to learn how
• 17:44
  Speaker 1: to build the media brand through all of this or what?
• 17:47
  Speaker 2: Yeah? Yeah, yeah, the goal the yeah, we have we
• 17:50
  Speaker 2: have very very high goals over at Inside the Locker
• 17:53
  Speaker 2: Room TV.
• 17:54
  Speaker 1: Well yeah, and tell us about that as well, because
• 17:57
  Speaker 1: I know you've been working on that. You just record
• 17:59
  Speaker 1: an episode on Tuesday night. So yep, where can people
• 18:01
  Speaker 1: check that out?
• 18:03
  Speaker 2: So people can check that out on our Instagram. We
• 18:05
  Speaker 2: are currently in the process ever making our YouTube channel,
• 18:08
  Speaker 2: so everything will be on YouTube, all in the same place.
• 18:10
  Speaker 2: But as far as Instagram goes, you can call. You
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: can find me at at NFL Playmakers on Instagram. My
• 18:16
  Speaker 2: co hosts are Adam b Sports via Instagram Sports Talks
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: with Deuce and also Michael Sports Talk. That is my
• 18:23
  Speaker 2: team over at inside the Locker Room. We do mostly
• 18:26
  Speaker 2: Instagram posting, but our goals to you know, build a
• 18:30
  Speaker 2: network one day.
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: Now your brand, your brand and about Playmakers reminds me
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: that you want to be almost like an agent one
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: day as well. I feel like you have that you know,
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: am I right or not right?
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: So my goal ultimately, so I have so I mentioned
• 18:44
  Speaker 2: before the player mental health awareness, I believe I have
• 18:48
  Speaker 2: many ideas of that. I'm just starting my college career,
• 18:51
  Speaker 2: so this fall I will be a freshman at Cane
• 18:54
  Speaker 2: University taking their communication and journalism courses. So as far
• 18:59
  Speaker 2: as the very very specific career title, that is still
• 19:03
  Speaker 2: to be found. But as far as like, I'm definitely
• 19:06
  Speaker 2: a journalist already and I'm definitely a videographer. I'm definitely
• 19:09
  Speaker 2: a photographer. So you know, I'm definitely gonna explore taking
• 19:13
  Speaker 2: some psychology classes, maybe even to help spread awareness for
• 19:18
  Speaker 2: mental health. I feel like that's gonna be amazing. But
• 19:21
  Speaker 2: as far as like my ultimate ultimate goal maybe being
• 19:24
  Speaker 2: like on a show every Sunday, kind of like Michael
• 19:26
  Speaker 2: Straham and Terry Bradshaw, you know, talking sports every day
• 19:30
  Speaker 2: every Sunday with.
• 19:32
  Speaker 1: Have you gotten to play sports?
• 19:34
  Speaker 2: Yeah? So my I would say the sport I played
• 19:37
  Speaker 2: the longest with soccer, but I stopped playing soccer, I
• 19:40
  Speaker 2: guess up until high school. And then in high school
• 19:43
  Speaker 2: I tried playing baseball. Was never that good. Didn't make
• 19:46
  Speaker 2: that baseball team, but I did play rec for fun.
• 19:49
  Speaker 2: Same thing with football, but for football I was on
• 19:51
  Speaker 2: the I was on the high school football team my
• 19:53
  Speaker 2: junior year. It was probably the skinniest linebacker known to man.
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: But you know, I may do and putting on pads
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: is you know, something I miss all the time. But
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: you know, just even to just say that I did that.
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: You know, the summer workouts were precherous.
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: So well look at that college athletes, high school athletes
• 20:10
  Speaker 1: two a days are kicking everybody's ass. Yeah, I have
• 20:13
  Speaker 1: a lot of respect for athletes that are working their
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: butts off just to get to that draft stage alone.
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: You know.
• 20:18
  Speaker 2: Yeah, man, I mean just summer workouts alone. You you
• 20:21
  Speaker 2: you do a whole football workout and one hundred degrees.
• 20:25
  Speaker 2: That's good. It hits you.
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: Well. I love that I've started the week with Jay
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: Paterno talking about that, the ending of the week with
• 20:32
  Speaker 1: you know, a veteran of the game and someone just
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: starting their career. Like, it's interesting to be in watching
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: different career paths, right, So yeah, you've been joining me. Now,
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: one advice I would have because I've been in the
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: college world. There's no Quens College and get ball, but
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: the athletics department, you know, covering their teams.
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, no, that's exactly what I planned to do.
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: And that's why I was so attracted to Kane as
• 20:54
  Speaker 2: a landing spot because they have baseball, they have basketball,
• 20:57
  Speaker 2: they have football, They just added a flag football, women's
• 20:59
  Speaker 2: pro even so, there's just so many opportunities at the
• 21:02
  Speaker 2: school and I can't wait to go.
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: Now, where is Kane Pardon my ignorance on that.
• 21:06
  Speaker 2: Yes, so now you're good. Cane University is located in Union,
• 21:10
  Speaker 2: New Jersey, me personally, I'm from Union County, but so yeah,
• 21:14
  Speaker 2: it's only like a twenty five minute drive for me,
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: so I'll probably just be here all the time. It's
• 21:19
  Speaker 2: like Central Jersey, Union, New Jersey, I would say's about
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: like a half hour forty minutes from Nork. So it's
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: like on the northern side of.
• 21:26
  Speaker 1: Well, you're so driven, you're there already, right.
• 21:28
  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm here right now.
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: There you go. Well, as someone who's building his media career, yeah,
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: would you do a lot of prep going to the draft?
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: You mean, you know, just to be not to talk
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: and if you were to see somebody, I'm sure we
• 21:42
  Speaker 1: got to beave up on all the different stats.
• 21:44
  Speaker 2: And all that, right, definitely, So my goal this here
• 21:47
  Speaker 2: is definitely to just watch more NCAA football because, you know,
• 21:50
  Speaker 2: working on cars before, I was worked on Saturday, so
• 21:53
  Speaker 2: it was just hard for me to watch football on Saturdays.
• 21:56
  Speaker 2: So that's why I just sulked all Sunday but watched
• 21:59
  Speaker 2: the NFL. But yeah, like I definitely I Adam was
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: great at making a lot of rookie profiles on our page,
• 22:06
  Speaker 2: so we did a lot of preparation in terms of
• 22:08
  Speaker 2: getting to know the prospects to so you know, even
• 22:11
  Speaker 2: in the later rounds when you know Danny Stutsman was
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: called in the later rounds for the Saints, like we
• 22:15
  Speaker 2: knew exactly who Danny Stutsman was and like what the
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: Saints were getting, and like we believe that that that
• 22:20
  Speaker 2: you know in depth analysis is very necessary, especially when
• 22:23
  Speaker 2: it comes in NFL Draft.
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: And what do you think the likely hitters of some
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: of these number ones being on the star roster this year?
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: Is there is there gonna be the Bible possibilities around the.
• 22:33
  Speaker 2: League or what I Like I said before, I really
• 22:36
  Speaker 2: really like what the Ravens did with Mike Green and
• 22:38
  Speaker 2: Malachi Starks. I mean, who knows if they'll ever be
• 22:42
  Speaker 2: as good as Ed Reid and ray Lewis, But that's
• 22:44
  Speaker 2: the kind of vibe I was getting from those two picks.
• 22:46
  Speaker 2: Like the Ravens they're they're they're they're very, very close
• 22:50
  Speaker 2: to the super Bowl. So that's what I would say,
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: watch out for the Ravens defense. The Ravens defense needs
• 22:55
  Speaker 2: to get better, so by them adding two first round talents,
• 22:59
  Speaker 2: I think I think that would be a good try
• 23:01
  Speaker 2: at that.
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: Well, I have to see how things play out in
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: all these different camps the next now you mentioned, uh,
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: you know, all these rookie profiles and all that. Yeah,
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: talk about mister irrelevant real quickly about the final because
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: that always is a storyline too, right.
• 23:16
  Speaker 2: Yeah, So as far as the mister Irrelevant pick, it
• 23:19
  Speaker 2: was kind of funny because I think I believe the trade.
• 23:21
  Speaker 2: I believe the pick got traded a couple of times.
• 23:24
  Speaker 2: So as far as who mister irrelevant was, I can't
• 23:28
  Speaker 2: tell you his name, but I believe the Chiefs had
• 23:31
  Speaker 2: the pick the first time and then they traded it
• 23:33
  Speaker 2: to the New England Patriots. Is that correct?
• 23:37
  Speaker 1: Yeah?
• 23:38
  Speaker 2: Okay, so yeah, So as far as trading up and.
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: Down, I've never seen so many trade ups, or maybe
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: it's been more announced this year. I don't know. I've
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: never noticed that much though before.
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, that speaking about trades, uh, I feel like
• 23:52
  Speaker 2: that's definitely something the NFL should consider as far as
• 23:54
  Speaker 2: like an NFL draft kind of goes like if there's
• 23:57
  Speaker 2: a trade, like tell us, tell us us as you
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: can like what they had to give up, you know,
• 24:02
  Speaker 2: because that's what everybody you know was searching for, searching for, like,
• 24:05
  Speaker 2: you know, as soon as Cleveland announced that they traded
• 24:07
  Speaker 2: the pick. You know what did they give the Yeah, exactly,
• 24:11
  Speaker 2: you know. And then also I saw another thing somebody
• 24:13
  Speaker 2: proposing just like you know, because multiple people got prank called.
• 24:17
  Speaker 2: It wasn't just a door you know, obviously that was
• 24:19
  Speaker 2: the big one, because you know, the guy felt so much,
• 24:21
  Speaker 2: how can you do that? But Tyler Warren even got
• 24:24
  Speaker 2: prank called. I believe Mason Graham too. So I saw
• 24:27
  Speaker 2: something saying like just announced the picks, like live at
• 24:30
  Speaker 2: the draft. I feel like that that would be amazing,
• 24:33
  Speaker 2: that would.
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: Be interesting, like someone announcing all.
• 24:36
  Speaker 2: Right, yeah, yeah, you come out. Yeah yeah. I think
• 24:40
  Speaker 2: it's just a surprise for everybody. Like the only people
• 24:42
  Speaker 2: that would know would be the commissioner and the GMS.
• 24:44
  Speaker 2: That's it.
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: By the way, I think some other leagues are starting
• 24:47
  Speaker 1: to take notes of how important the draft is. Yeah,
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: Gel's now doing like the whole lot lottery, which is
• 24:53
  Speaker 1: kind of a big deal. I think the NBA has
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: been doing that for a while too, obviously, but the
• 24:57
  Speaker 1: NHL getting involved with this, and hell, you know know what,
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: Aaron Judge was drafted by the Yankees.
• 25:03
  Speaker 2: MLB drafts matter, Yeah, now they do.
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: They don't that Luisia Lsu. One of the best picks
• 25:10
  Speaker 1: that we've seen in a long time. But you wouldn't
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: know it unless they're on the mountain the opening day.
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: You gotta pump it up. And I think college baseball
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: is doing a good job too of hyping these guys up.
• 25:22
  Speaker 2: Definitely, I mean I saw, I saw all the stats
• 25:24
  Speaker 2: for it. Even the NFL Draft was this This past
• 25:27
  Speaker 2: NFL draft of twenty twenty five, NFL Draft was the
• 25:29
  Speaker 2: second most viewed draft ever and only that had more
• 25:33
  Speaker 2: views than the ND Finals.
• 25:36
  Speaker 1: Well, I think it was. It was an exciting class
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: because of Hunter and that definitely. And you know, Colorado,
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: for whatever flack you want to give Prime, he's been
• 25:46
  Speaker 1: getting a lot of kids drafted, that's for sure.
• 25:49
  Speaker 2: Definitely, Yo, we'll happen to see now.
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: One other thing. When you were at Lamba, did you
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: feel that spirit of mister Lambo himself, of that lineage
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: of Green Bay football?
• 26:01
  Speaker 2: Yeah, so, I mean even while I was down there,
• 26:03
  Speaker 2: I kind of said it jokingly at first, but I'm
• 26:05
  Speaker 2: very I'm very happy that the Packers fan I interviewed
• 26:08
  Speaker 2: knew exactly what a Packer was, because when I first
• 26:12
  Speaker 2: arrived at Green Bay I was asking myself, I was like,
• 26:14
  Speaker 2: what even is a packer? And so that's why I
• 26:16
  Speaker 2: interviewed the packers fan, Hey, what is a packer? And
• 26:19
  Speaker 2: he told me exactly what it was, the ACME Company.
• 26:22
  Speaker 2: I mean, just seeing the sort of the decorations, especially
• 26:25
  Speaker 2: at the Green Bay Airport and just Lambo itself and
• 26:28
  Speaker 2: everybody's houses, I definitely felt a you know, a presence
• 26:31
  Speaker 2: of of you know of just the aura of just
• 26:34
  Speaker 2: Lombardi and Lambeau. So, like I said before, to kill
• 26:37
  Speaker 2: two birds with that, to visit Lambo for the first time,
• 26:40
  Speaker 2: to head to the NFL draft, it was a life changing.
• 26:43
  Speaker 1: Now what's your pro And you know, I'm telling me,
• 26:45
  Speaker 1: you know, to expose your secrets, but what's what's going
• 26:48
  Speaker 1: to be your next step and getting these predundals? Because
• 26:50
  Speaker 1: let me tell you, yeah, I would just urge you
• 26:52
  Speaker 1: to keep putting an application after application.
• 26:55
  Speaker 2: Yeah, That's what I've been doing in quest. Yeah. So
• 26:58
  Speaker 2: I mean as far as like applying to a like
• 27:00
  Speaker 2: a specific job like this is all this is all
• 27:03
  Speaker 2: still so recent, so like I'm just waiting for openings.
• 27:06
  Speaker 2: You know. I went to the MSG job for a
• 27:08
  Speaker 2: couple of months ago and spoke, spoke to people to
• 27:11
  Speaker 2: the New York Jets. So like, as far as advice
• 27:13
  Speaker 2: to everybody out there too, just put yourself out there.
• 27:17
  Speaker 2: It is all about exposure who you know, and just
• 27:20
  Speaker 2: to be a nice person. It's not hard to be nice.
• 27:23
  Speaker 2: So and as far as my next plans, as far
• 27:26
  Speaker 2: as getting credentials, I'm just gonna keep my eyes open.
• 27:29
  Speaker 2: Like I said, hopefully I can get you know, invited
• 27:33
  Speaker 2: to training camp. Maybe that would be amazing. But yeah,
• 27:35
  Speaker 2: that's that's just my plan to just be as active
• 27:38
  Speaker 2: as possible in this and I'm very good at that.
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: So well, I can't leave this interview without a couple
• 27:44
  Speaker 1: of things. Firstly, how we met is because of Nan right.
• 27:47
  Speaker 2: And that yeah, exactly a shout out nan Rama Tandra.
• 27:50
  Speaker 1: So how did you guys meet? And tell us how
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: the impact of end arm media has been on you?
• 27:54
  Speaker 1: I mean, I feel like you're thyping you up, no man, uh.
• 27:57
  Speaker 2: Nithan has been just a pleasure to work with. So
• 28:00
  Speaker 2: first it just started as a simple LinkedIn and Instagram
• 28:04
  Speaker 2: follow and then just going back and forth, back and forth.
• 28:08
  Speaker 2: But not only that, we met at the Keypoort High
• 28:10
  Speaker 2: School chim at a card event and Hojo Howard Johnson
• 28:14
  Speaker 2: was there and Nithan gave me the opportunity to interview
• 28:18
  Speaker 2: mister Hojo and that was my first interview ever. So
• 28:22
  Speaker 2: I want to give a huge thanks to him for
• 28:23
  Speaker 2: helping me out this whole time and just everything throughout
• 28:27
  Speaker 2: all this. He's been showing a lot of love to
• 28:28
  Speaker 2: inside the locker room and just as far as like
• 28:31
  Speaker 2: how me and Nithan have been getting along like I
• 28:34
  Speaker 2: don't know, like slowly but surely me and Nithan have become,
• 28:37
  Speaker 2: you know, better friends, Like he just feels like a
• 28:40
  Speaker 2: friend to me. So I thank Nithan for all the help.
• 28:42
  Speaker 2: Also Kia from Platinum Collection as well, shout out Kia.
• 28:47
  Speaker 2: But yeah, like Nithan has been showing a lot of
• 28:49
  Speaker 2: love and support and that's what I plan to do
• 28:51
  Speaker 2: going forward to everybody else. You know, him inspiring me,
• 28:55
  Speaker 2: wants me to inspire others.
• 28:56
  Speaker 1: So I love that. That's a great one. I hold
• 28:59
  Speaker 1: you what a name? I mean right, what else is
• 29:02
  Speaker 1: there to say about that? That's been awesome to get
• 29:05
  Speaker 1: to get him on.
• 29:05
  Speaker 2: Well see that interview, so yes, so before the draft
• 29:09
  Speaker 2: even started, I mean, oh, actually sorry, you talk about
• 29:12
  Speaker 2: the Howard Johnson interview. Yeaes so that that interview is
• 29:14
  Speaker 2: on my Instagram as well. It's a little earlier on
• 29:16
  Speaker 2: if you just score my reels tab. But yeah, I
• 29:19
  Speaker 2: was gonna mention too that me Nathan also did a
• 29:21
  Speaker 2: pre draft show I believe, like a month before the draft,
• 29:24
  Speaker 2: so that was like our first show together and like interaction.
• 29:27
  Speaker 2: But then we met in person later.
• 29:29
  Speaker 1: So now inside the locker room, I'm gonna expect a
• 29:32
  Speaker 1: lot of cuts from different pubst game press conferences then
• 29:35
  Speaker 1: after half for every game.
• 29:39
  Speaker 2: I mean hopefully that is the goal one day. I
• 29:41
  Speaker 2: mean that'd be really cool. I mean to like actually
• 29:43
  Speaker 2: have the name, Like I mean, if I was like
• 29:45
  Speaker 2: actual beat writer, that would fit right into the name.
• 29:48
  Speaker 2: So I mean I would love to be a writer
• 29:50
  Speaker 2: for a team even one day. And like I know that,
• 29:53
  Speaker 2: you know, Wallow said it very good, he said when
• 29:58
  Speaker 2: he met will Smith. Will Smith said that you have
• 30:01
  Speaker 2: to be able to lean in and lean out of stuff,
• 30:04
  Speaker 2: lean in on what you're interested in, and then be
• 30:07
  Speaker 2: able to you know, kind of finagle your skills and
• 30:10
  Speaker 2: do everything kind of all at once. That's why I'm
• 30:13
  Speaker 2: a photographer, that is why I'm a videographer. That's why
• 30:15
  Speaker 2: I'm a journalist. That's why I want to help mental
• 30:18
  Speaker 2: health awareness for players and people and coaches.
• 30:21
  Speaker 1: Well, I'll tell you that's that's a prople want to
• 30:23
  Speaker 1: talk about it because May is mental health awareness. Kudos that.
• 30:27
  Speaker 1: And I know there are efforts going on about the
• 30:29
  Speaker 1: CTE situation going on. I mean there's a lot of efforts.
• 30:32
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's just perfect timing for all this.
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: Yeah, And I think I mean from what I've seen
• 30:40
  Speaker 1: on the mound from Devin Williams and and and even
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: Nester that for I like, there's something technological there where
• 30:48
  Speaker 1: they're not getting over the whole runs they gave up
• 30:50
  Speaker 1: last fall. I really believe there's mental health there too.
• 30:53
  Speaker 2: But no, definitely, it all. It all plays a party
• 30:56
  Speaker 2: absolutely and everything in life.
• 30:59
  Speaker 1: Now, do you approach life with mindfulness as well? Is
• 31:01
  Speaker 1: that kind of one of your techniques?
• 31:03
  Speaker 2: Yes, so, I mean I believe the main reason why
• 31:05
  Speaker 2: I've been so successful so far. I mean, Alex, I've
• 31:08
  Speaker 2: only been doing this for five months, six months. Basically
• 31:10
  Speaker 2: my car was burned down on the side of the
• 31:13
  Speaker 2: road a couple months ago. So to just be some
• 31:16
  Speaker 2: positive and just supportive and it's just show love, like
• 31:18
  Speaker 2: that's the best thing you could do.
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: Now, we're gonna see you at any Woodbridge events. That's
• 31:22
  Speaker 1: my next question because Woodbridge has a lot of different athletes.
• 31:25
  Speaker 1: Are you gonna make it? Yeah, make go over there
• 31:27
  Speaker 1: at some point.
• 31:28
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I've been to the Woodbridge Brewery. I met Jack
• 31:32
  Speaker 2: I believe his name is. He's a cool dude. So yeah,
• 31:35
  Speaker 2: like you know, Woodbridge would definitely be something of my interests.
• 31:39
  Speaker 1: So yeah, and I'll hopefully be there the Sunday. We'll
• 31:41
  Speaker 1: have to say with Terry.
• 31:43
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 31:44
  Speaker 1: But uh, Benjamin, this has been great. Now, I know
• 31:46
  Speaker 1: you wanted to thank your you know, the folks that
• 31:48
  Speaker 1: got you to this draft experience. Tell us about that.
• 31:52
  Speaker 2: Yeah. So Manny from card Cave Central, I actually visited
• 31:55
  Speaker 2: his shop today. That's why I have this pack. I
• 31:58
  Speaker 2: also grab the Sports illus Sed article of Eric Dickerson
• 32:02
  Speaker 2: from October seventeenth, nineteen eighty three, So that was cool.
• 32:05
  Speaker 2: So yeah, so shout out Manny from kard Cave and
• 32:07
  Speaker 2: I'm just gonna open the pack real quick's prison basketball
• 32:12
  Speaker 2: shy Xander on the front. See who we get, all right,
• 32:17
  Speaker 2: we got Jamal Murray. Shout out Jamal Murray. We got
• 32:20
  Speaker 2: Grady Dick, and then we got al person or sorry,
• 32:26
  Speaker 2: I'll per in Sagoon, and then we got Kevin Shooter.
• 32:29
  Speaker 2: But I'm the Kings.
• 32:33
  Speaker 1: Very cool. I feel like this is going to become
• 32:34
  Speaker 1: a rip show pretty soon.
• 32:35
  Speaker 2: If hey, man, if if anybody, if anybody wants to
• 32:39
  Speaker 2: send me their product and then I could just send
• 32:42
  Speaker 2: it right back to the customer something like that. I
• 32:44
  Speaker 2: just like opening cards.
• 32:46
  Speaker 1: There you go. So do you go to the rip parties?
• 32:49
  Speaker 1: I'm sure you've been to a few of those as well.
• 32:50
  Speaker 2: Actually haven't it at all? So yeah, any rip parties
• 32:53
  Speaker 2: that anybody wants to invite me to, let me.
• 32:55
  Speaker 1: Know, get them with Gary B. He seems to be
• 32:57
  Speaker 1: in the know of all of this stuff.
• 32:59
  Speaker 2: So yeah, fellow jet fine.
• 33:02
  Speaker 1: I hope Well m firemnhette. How can we forget him?
• 33:04
  Speaker 2: And Jake asm or Jake Asman is the man and
• 33:08
  Speaker 2: you know he's he was.
• 33:09
  Speaker 1: Great at nfn AX. He stopped literally in the middle
• 33:12
  Speaker 1: of the WFM booth interviewing him for a second. And
• 33:15
  Speaker 1: now he's on ESPN.
• 33:16
  Speaker 2: I mean I saw that video. That was amazing. That
• 33:18
  Speaker 2: was hilarious.
• 33:20
  Speaker 1: Life works like that, you know, Yeah, it's good all right, Ben,
• 33:24
  Speaker 1: I gotta ask you this while I have you still,
• 33:29
  Speaker 1: where do you think, because it has been a week ago, now, yeah,
• 33:31
  Speaker 1: where do you think it all shakes out? I mean
• 33:34
  Speaker 1: with the NFL Draft from what you saw, Yeah, you know,
• 33:38
  Speaker 1: where do you think it all shakes out?
• 33:40
  Speaker 2: So as far as the draft shakes out, me and
• 33:42
  Speaker 2: Adams consensus was just every team got better this draft.
• 33:47
  Speaker 2: Next year, I believe every team is going to look
• 33:49
  Speaker 2: better regardless of who they drafted who they did, because
• 33:52
  Speaker 2: every team just got a ton of ammunition. We mentioned before,
• 33:56
  Speaker 2: this is the second most view draft of all time.
• 33:58
  Speaker 2: That was for a reason. The players coming out of
• 33:59
  Speaker 2: this draft are just going to be sensational and I
• 34:03
  Speaker 2: can't wait for Shador Sanders to prove the world wrong.
• 34:06
  Speaker 1: Well, yeah, I think he's got a big chip on
• 34:08
  Speaker 1: his shoulder, so we'll have to see. And I'm sure
• 34:11
  Speaker 1: you were a Shador fan at Colorado and you've been
• 34:14
  Speaker 1: seeing his progressing. Ye. I don't even know why there
• 34:18
  Speaker 1: was that downspike though, because they were doing well and
• 34:22
  Speaker 1: then it just fell off again the second year in
• 34:24
  Speaker 1: a row that happened. I don't know why, but it just,
• 34:28
  Speaker 1: you know, I think that conference is very tough for
• 34:29
  Speaker 1: Colorado too. I'm pretty sure that's the reason why. HM. Now,
• 34:33
  Speaker 1: do you follow any other sports as closely as football?
• 34:36
  Speaker 2: Yeah? So I would say the three main sports that
• 34:38
  Speaker 2: I know the most in would be football, basketball, and baseball.
• 34:42
  Speaker 2: I've always loved the World Cup, but I just don't
• 34:44
  Speaker 2: watch soccer as much. But I'm also so not only
• 34:49
  Speaker 2: my New York Jets fan, but I'm also a Red
• 34:51
  Speaker 2: Sox fan.
• 34:52
  Speaker 1: Oh.
• 34:53
  Speaker 2: I know that is a very weird combination, but let
• 34:56
  Speaker 2: me give my rebuttal. So just the like, I don't
• 34:59
  Speaker 2: have an excuse use of why I'm like, I was
• 35:01
  Speaker 2: just born into it. My brother is thirty years old.
• 35:03
  Speaker 2: That was just the teams that he chose, So I
• 35:05
  Speaker 2: just wanted to be like my big bro. So those
• 35:06
  Speaker 2: are the teams I picked. But as far as this goes,
• 35:09
  Speaker 2: as far as the combination, there are plenty of Eagles
• 35:12
  Speaker 2: Yankees fans, so it's the same thing.
• 35:15
  Speaker 1: Hey, look, I might be And even jap Thurn was like,
• 35:18
  Speaker 1: are you sure you can say that? And I can't
• 35:20
  Speaker 1: say I was happy for Takuan, wasn't. It was the
• 35:25
  Speaker 1: fact that we didn't give him any route to work
• 35:29
  Speaker 1: with here in New York. We did that. We did not,
• 35:32
  Speaker 1: and you know, good for him going on and when
• 35:34
  Speaker 1: it's a super Bowl, you know that just that was
• 35:37
  Speaker 1: what he wanted to accomplish and he did. So yeah,
• 35:40
  Speaker 1: I can't be mad at that. It happened to wear
• 35:44
  Speaker 1: an Eagle jersey once or twice, so don't brother, don't
• 35:48
  Speaker 1: don't judge me on that one. And by the way,
• 35:51
  Speaker 1: in four when they won, when they came back, yeah,
• 35:55
  Speaker 1: I went downstairs to see the guys leaving and I
• 35:59
  Speaker 1: congratulated because I believe in sportship, so my dad had
• 36:02
  Speaker 1: me to stand there damon as wow as Yeah. Well
• 36:07
  Speaker 1: you know I got to meet Manny again at pin
• 36:10
  Speaker 1: Trip Pride of all Places.
• 36:12
  Speaker 2: Nice Shoutniz and.
• 36:14
  Speaker 1: Uh and also David Ortiz. So that was that was
• 36:17
  Speaker 1: fun interesting And you know, on that note, with baseball,
• 36:21
  Speaker 1: it's gonna be a weird, weird summer.
• 36:23
  Speaker 2: Because the definitely I just saw just got put on
• 36:26
  Speaker 2: the isle again. Wait who did stand?
• 36:30
  Speaker 1: Yeah? And Jazz is on the I L. It's not
• 36:32
  Speaker 1: gonna be an easy road for any of these teams
• 36:35
  Speaker 1: right now in the Al East.
• 36:36
  Speaker 2: No, definitely not.
• 36:38
  Speaker 1: We'll have to see on that. There's nothing I want
• 36:40
  Speaker 1: to ask you, but it's it's slipping my mind right now,
• 36:43
  Speaker 1: What do you when you're not doing your content though?
• 36:46
  Speaker 1: Because you just me mechanic? What do you do? Is
• 36:49
  Speaker 1: there is there like a daily job that you still
• 36:51
  Speaker 1: do and and all that.
• 36:53
  Speaker 2: So right now I'm currently unemployed, but so yeah, I
• 36:56
  Speaker 2: mean I'm mainly just I do this as a hobby
• 36:59
  Speaker 2: even and because it's just something that I love. So
• 37:02
  Speaker 2: I do spend my time doing mostly this, and you know,
• 37:04
  Speaker 2: content creation and just research. I do love watching excuse me,
• 37:09
  Speaker 2: I do love watching a football life series. That's always
• 37:13
  Speaker 2: something that's been close to my heart. You know, those
• 37:16
  Speaker 2: those episodes are just great of telling people's stories. So
• 37:20
  Speaker 2: you know, sometimes I just research for fun because that's
• 37:23
  Speaker 2: just what I like to do well.
• 37:25
  Speaker 1: And I'll tell you what. The more you think of
• 37:26
  Speaker 1: that is as your next step to entrepreneurialism with this show,
• 37:32
  Speaker 1: with whatever you got going on, then you're gonna do
• 37:33
  Speaker 1: more of than just a hobby, you know, And then yeah,
• 37:35
  Speaker 1: for sure, yes, definitely it can open doors for you.
• 37:38
  Speaker 1: I feel like the one leg Up network is opening
• 37:40
  Speaker 1: doors lighting though existed before, so no exactly.
• 37:43
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's all about exposure, man.
• 37:45
  Speaker 1: I remember now what I want to ask you because
• 37:47
  Speaker 1: obviously you just mentioned you like basketball. Yeah, can we
• 37:50
  Speaker 1: talk about this six game series.
• 37:53
  Speaker 2: On a man? So, I'm so, I technically don't have
• 37:56
  Speaker 2: like an affiliation to an NBA team per se, But
• 37:59
  Speaker 2: I mean the play that got me into basketball in
• 38:01
  Speaker 2: the first place Russell Westbrook Kevin Durant on the Oklahoma
• 38:04
  Speaker 2: City Thunder. I don't know if you remember in the
• 38:06
  Speaker 2: game NBA Jam, but that was that was the game
• 38:09
  Speaker 2: that like got me into the NBA. So, but as
• 38:11
  Speaker 2: far as like this six game series goes with the Knicks,
• 38:14
  Speaker 2: I love the Knicks. I always support the next I
• 38:16
  Speaker 2: wouldn't say I'm a Knicks fan, but I always support them.
• 38:19
  Speaker 2: And Jalen Brunson is just a dog man. He's so clutch,
• 38:23
  Speaker 2: and I mean, I mean even like you said, like
• 38:26
  Speaker 2: opening doors with podcasts, like even he has his own
• 38:29
  Speaker 2: podcast with Josh Hart, you know. So that's that's.
• 38:33
  Speaker 1: Exactly people. It's great, so and look if they had
• 38:37
  Speaker 1: on that show, it's been pretty awesome to watch a
• 38:40
  Speaker 1: lot of these guys are on their own businesses and
• 38:42
  Speaker 1: all that, you know, like they're doing their own hustle
• 38:45
  Speaker 1: while hustling on the court. But that that cross up
• 38:49
  Speaker 1: at any angle, it was. It's one of the most
• 38:51
  Speaker 1: like homing moments in NEXS history right now, right, No, definitely,
• 38:55
  Speaker 1: And I know these guys want to want to add
• 38:57
  Speaker 1: to that, right, so we'll have to see. Well, Ben,
• 39:00
  Speaker 1: this was great. It's gonna be one of many conversations.
• 39:03
  Speaker 1: I'm sure along here.
• 39:05
  Speaker 2: It was a pleasure.
• 39:06
  Speaker 1: And good luck in your freshman year, and keeps posted it.
• 39:09
  Speaker 1: If you're getting a forum park, let us know if
• 39:11
  Speaker 1: they won't crash training camp. You know last year it
• 39:14
  Speaker 1: was open training camp. I think it'll be the same thing. Yeah,
• 39:17
  Speaker 1: I remember when they were in him said, and by
• 39:19
  Speaker 1: the way, speaking of basketball, I'm just thinking about this.
• 39:22
  Speaker 1: You were only four or five years old when the
• 39:24
  Speaker 1: nets moved.
• 39:25
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I have I have a picture with me with
• 39:27
  Speaker 2: a nets, a new jersey nets, a jersey like a
• 39:29
  Speaker 2: fresh one when I was a little kid.
• 39:31
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I remember that out of Newark at about twenty twelve.
• 39:34
  Speaker 1: So I guess you're about twelve or eleven years old. Yeah,
• 39:37
  Speaker 1: and uh boy, that's and they've been in Barkleys for
• 39:40
  Speaker 1: I think ten years or more now.
• 39:42
  Speaker 2: Yeah, Barclays is beautiful in my opinion, still even.
• 39:46
  Speaker 1: Oh, it's a great spot. I watched hockey there, I
• 39:48
  Speaker 1: watched the well, I was at the game where they
• 39:51
  Speaker 1: won in Game two of the twenty twenty one Oh nice,
• 39:55
  Speaker 1: look if that, if Kyrie's not stepped on that series, Yeah,
• 40:01
  Speaker 1: they do beat the Bucks. I am thoroughly convinced of that,
• 40:06
  Speaker 1: because I mean it makes a big deal about Kevin
• 40:08
  Speaker 1: Durant on the line. Yeah as well, Kyrie got stepped
• 40:12
  Speaker 1: on that. That injury changed the whole course of the series.
• 40:15
  Speaker 2: Yeah, because then Katie had to just do everything by
• 40:17
  Speaker 2: himself at that point. No heart, Kyrie.
• 40:20
  Speaker 1: That's why I'm so proud of Leon Rose because he
• 40:22
  Speaker 1: brought in Towns and town has been a major addition
• 40:24
  Speaker 1: to this team.
• 40:25
  Speaker 2: No, yeah, Cat's been amazing. Shout out Cat, new Jersey
• 40:28
  Speaker 2: native as well. Straight from Elizabeth. I mean Elizabeth is
• 40:31
  Speaker 2: literally like right here.
• 40:32
  Speaker 1: So there you go. A year ago we were about
• 40:35
  Speaker 1: a workload. Remember that while Randall's out Howell Bruns and
• 40:38
  Speaker 1: handle that he's got. He's finally got a supported caster
• 40:41
  Speaker 1: out of It's a.
• 40:42
  Speaker 2: Good definitely, not yeah exactly, So it'll be fun.
• 40:46
  Speaker 1: I think they're well tuned better than last year. And
• 40:48
  Speaker 1: we all know a healthy Obnobi is gonna be huge
• 40:51
  Speaker 1: for this team. Yeah, we'll see Ben. Thanks so much
• 40:55
  Speaker 1: for joining and as things progress, let's let's link up
• 40:58
  Speaker 1: again for sure.
• 41:00
  Speaker 2: Man, thank you for having me on again.
• 41:01
  Speaker 1: You got it. God bless You've been congratulating one leg
• 41:04
  Speaker 1: up at the draft this year.
• 41:06
  Speaker 2: Thanks, God bless me. See you